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Geoengineer.org Newsletter Issue #29

A publication of Geoengineer.org website

May 2007


Greetings,

since the beginning of 2007 we have been systematically updating our databases and content of the website.

Even though the Geoengineer newsletter is now published every month, the amount of information that is being added to the website, exceeds the content of the newsletter. Thus, the newsletter will include resources that we feel are of interest to the broader geoengineering community, but the resources on our website will be significantly more. We hope you will find these resources useful.

Until next month, on behalf of the Geoengineer.org team,

Dimitrios Zekkos, Managing Director

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Online Geoengineering Library

A collection of publications available on the internet at no cost. (Currently 366 different recources in 20 sections)

New additions:

Soil Mechanics

M.D. Bolton, (1986). The Strength and dilatancy of sands + Discussion Paper. Geotechnique 36, No. 1, 65-78.

Dr. Ralph B. Peck, (1993). The coming of Age of Soil Mechanics: 1920 - 1970. The 1st Spencer J. Buchanan Lecture. Texas A&M University, College Station.

Dr. G. Geoffrey Meyerhof, (1994). Evolution of Safety Factors & Geotechnical Limit State Design. The 2nd Spencer J. Buchanan Lecture. Texas A&M University, College Station.

Dr. James K. Mitchell, (1995). The Role of Soil Mechanics in Environmental Geotechnics. The Third Spencer J. Buchanan Lecture. Texas A&M University College Station, Texas.

A.N.Schofield, (2001). Re-Appraisal of Terzaghi's Soil Mechanics. A draft of an invited Special Lecture at the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Conference in Istabul.

Naresh C. Samtani & Edward A. Nowatzki (2006). Soils and Foundations Reference Manual: Document Info. National Highway Institute (NHI) U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

Rock Mechanics

Cain, Samuel Franklin, (2004). Rating Rockfall Hazard in Tennessee. Master's Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

K. Kovari, (1993). Basic Consideration on Storage of Compressed Natural Gas in Rock Chambers. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Springer-Verlag, Austria.

Kurt John Douglas, (2002). The Shear Strength of Rock Masses. PhD Thesis, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Foundation Design

Soils & Foundations Handbook, (2004). State of Florida. Department of Transportation. State Materials Office.

K. Kovari, (1998). Decision making and foundation engineering (Moderator Summary). Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich.

M.D. Bolton, (1981). Limit state design in geotechnical engineering. Ground Engineering, 14, No.6, 39-46.

M.D. Bolton, (1989). The development of codes of practice for design. Proceedings 12th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, 3, 2073-2076, Balkema.

Malcolm D. Bolton, (1993). What are partial factors for? International Symposium on Limit State Design in Geotechnical Engineering, Copenhagen, Danish Geotechnical Society for ISSMFE TC 23, in DGF Bulletin.

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering - Soil Dynamics

Michael K. Sharp & Ricardo Dobry, (2000). Determination of Liquefaction triggering from CPT. The Fourth International Geotechnical Engineering Conference, Cairo, Egypt.

REMR, (1985). Technical Note GT-SR-1.2. Methods for Improvement of Liquefiable soil conditions. Waterways Experiment Station Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Michael K. Sharp, Ricardo Dobry and Richard Ledbetter, (2000). Centrifuge research of liquefaction phenomena. The 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand.

Mitsutoshi Yoshimine, Peter K. Robertson and Catherine E. Wride, (1999). Undrained shear strength of clean sands to trigger flow liquefaction. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol.36, No.5.

Mitsutoshi Yoshimine and Kenji Ishihara, (1998). Flow potential of sand during liquefaction. Soils and Foundations, Vol.38, No.3.

M. Yoshimine, H. Nishizaki, (2004). Flow Deformation of Liquefied Sand under constant shear Load. The 11th International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, The 3rd International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Vol. 1.

Yasuyo Hosono, Mitsutoshi Yoshimine, (2004). Liquefaction of sand in simple shear condition. International Conference on Cyclic Behaviour of Soils and Liquefaction Phenomena, Bochum, Germany

Environmental Geotechnics

E.E. Hellawell, C. Sawidou, (1994). A study of contaminant transport involving density driven flow and hydrodynamic clean up. Cambridge University Engineering Department Technical Report.

R. Kerry Rowe, M. ASCE, John R. Booker, (1985). 1-D Pollutant Migration in Soils of fifth Depth. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol 111, No 4.

R. Kerry Rowe, John R. Booker, (1986). A finite layer technique for calculating three-dimensional pollutant migration in soil. Geotechnique, 36, No 2.

R.K. Rowe and J.R. Booker, (1987). Chapter 2: An Efficient Analysis of Pollutant Migration through Soil. Numerical Methods for Transient and Coupled Problems, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Geotechnical Investigations & In-Situ Testing

Manual for Preparation of Geotechnical Reports. Country of Los Angeles. Department of Public Works. Geotechnical and Materials. Engineering Division, 2006.

P.J. Sabatani, R.C. Bachus, P.W. Mayne, J.A. Schneider, T.E. Zettler, (2002). Geotechnical Engineering Circular No.5. Evaluation of Soils and Rock Properties. Technical Report FHWA-IF-02-034. U.S. Department of Transportation.

Engineering Manual EM 1110-1-1906, (1996). Engineering and Design - Soil Sampling. U.S.Army engineer manual.

Paul W. Mayne, (2001). Stress-strain-stregth-flow parameters from enhanced in-situ tests. Proceedings, International Conference on In-Situ Measurements of Soil Properties & Case Histories, Bali, Indonesia.

C.R.I. Clayton, M.C. Matthews and N.E. Simons, (2005). Site Investigation. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Surrey.

M.W. Gui, M. ASCE. K. Soga, M.D. Bolton and J.P. Hamelin, (2002). Instrumented Borehole drilling for subsurface Investigation. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental engineering Vol.128, No.4.

Ground Improvement

Russel A. Green, (2001). Energy-Based Evaluation & Remediation of Liquefiable Soils. PhD Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Harry G. Cooke, (2000). Ground Improvement for Liquefaction Mitigation at Existing Highway Bridges. PhD. Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Patricia M. Gallagher, (2000). Passive Site Remedation for Mitigation of Liquefaction Risk. PhD Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Russel A. Green & James K. Mitchell, (2004). Energy- Based Evaluation & Remedation of Liquefiable Soils. Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Projects (M. Yegian and E. Kavazanjian, ed.), ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 126, Vol. 2, 1961- 1970.

Engineering Manual EM 1110-1-3500, (1995). Engineering and Design - Chemical Grouting. Department of the Army U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Washington, DC.

Tunneling & Underground Construction

K. Kovari, A. Tisa, (1998). Computational Model and Charts for Cut-and-Cover Tunnels. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, Colloquium Tunnel Structures, Stockholm, Sweden.

R. Sanchez - Trejo, A. J. Barocio, K. Kovari, (1981). Design considerations on the permanent lining during construction of the Analco-San Jose Tunnel. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Weak Rock, Tokyo.

O.S. Carvalho, K. Kovari, (1977). Displacement Measurements as a mean for safe and economical tunnel design. International Symposium on Field Measurements in Rock Mechanics, Zurich.

Dams & Embankments

Technical Letter (ETL 1110-2-334). Design & Construction of grouted Riprap. Available by the US Army Corps of Engineers (1992). Washington.

B. Muhunthan and A.N. Schofield, (1999). Liquefaction and Dam Failures. Paper submited for ASC Conference GeoDenver 2000. CUED/D-SOILSITR310.

Rolf Larsson and Hakan Mattsson, (2003). Settlements and shear strength increase below embankments - long term observations and measurements of shear strength increase by seismic cross-hole tomography. SGI, Swedish Geotechnical Institute, Report 63, Linkoping.

Retaining Walls - Mechanically Stabilized Walls (MSE)

Darren A. Mack, P.E., Steven H. Sanders, P.E., William L. Millhone, P.E., Renée L. Fippin, P.E., Drew G. Kennedy, P.G. (2006). Rockery Design and Construction Guidelines. Report: FHWA- CFL/TD-06-006, Federal Highway Administration.

Engineering Geology

SCS National Engineering Handbook. NEH-8: Engineering Geology. Soil Conservation Service. US Department of Agriculture, 1978.

Technical Release Notice 28-1. Clay Minerals. Soil Conservation Service. US Department of Agriculture, 1970.

Engineering - Geology Note No. 3 210-VI. Eng - Geologic Investigation. Soil Conservation Service. US Department of Agriculture, 1984.

Geosynthetics

John S. Horvath, PhD, P.E., (2004). Cellular Geosynthetics in Transportation Applications. American Society of Civil Engineers Geo-Institute. Los Angeles, California, USA.

John S. Horvath, PhD. P.E., (2001). Geomaterials Research Project. Cellular Geosynthetics 2001: Geofoam Lightweight Fills and Beyond. Research Report No. CGT-2001-5. Manhattan College, Center for Geotechnology, USA.

Robert D. Holtz, (2001). Geosynthetics for soil reinforcement. The Ninth Spencer J. Buchanan Lecture. College Station Hilton.

W.R. Morrison, E.W. Gray Jr, J.M. Cyganiewicz and P.G. Grey, (1991). Use of Geosynthetics in Dams. Bureau of reclamation experiences with geomembranes in dam construction. 11th Annual USCOLD Lecture Series, White Plains, New York.

R.K. Rowe and J.D. Smith, (1991). Geosynthetics - Environmental applications in waste containment. Proceedings 44th Canadian Geotechnical Conference Calgary, Alberta.

Computational Geomechanics

Scott Ronald F. (1953). Numerical Analysis of consolidation problems. Ms Thesis Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Sanitary Engineering.

Lee Yew Choong Patrick, (2003). Numerical modelling of constant rate of strain consolidation tests. M.Eng. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Sanitary Engineering.

A.E. Groen, (1997). Three-Dimensional Elasto-Plastic Analysis of Soils. PhD thesis, Delft university, Department of Civil Engineering and Geosciences.

General

H.G. Poulos and E.H. Davis, (1974). Elastic Solutions for Soil and Rock Mechanics. Available by the USUCGER website.

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Geoengineering Events

3rd Summerschool on "Rational Tunneling". 3rd - 5th October 2007. Innsbruck, Austria.

Nottingham Centre for Geomechanics. 1st (ISSMGE TC3) International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics. University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus, UK. 25-27 August 2008. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 30 June 2007.

International Conference on Numerical Computation in Geotechnical Engineering (NUCGE' 08), 27-29 October 2008, University of Skikda, Algeria.

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Contributors

Special thanks to:

Gillarduzzi Andrea, MSc, DIC, MSc(hons), BSc(hons), EurGeol, CGeol, FGS, Geotechnical Engineer, High- Point Rendel.

Ioannides Th. John, Dipl. Civil/Geotech. Engineer, GeoLogismiki.

Siham Eldien Elsharief Mustafa, Geologist, Sudan.

Skias Stelios, PhD, Lecturer in Engineering Geology and Geoenvironmental Engineering, University of Xanthi.

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Educational Geo-websites

A collection of educational websites that intend to educate students and practitioners on specific subjects of the geoengineering field. Currently 50 resources in 10 categories.

New additions:

Soil Mechanics

MIT Lecture Notes on Soil Behavior by Prof. C. Ladd , 2005.

Advanced Soil Mechanics, MIT Lecture Notes by Prof. C. Ladd, 2004.

Soil Mechanics, powerpoints, notes and other material of course taught by David Airey, University of Sydney, 2006.

Theoretical Soil Mechanics, Professor Marian Ivan, Department of Geophysics, University of Bucharest.

Deep & Shallow Foundations

Foundation Engineering, powerpoints, notes and other material of course taught by David Airey, University of Sydney, 2006.

CE 4321: Geotechnical Engineering Design, Lecture Notes and Powerpoint Presentations by Priyantha W. Jayawickrama, Texas Tech University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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Geo-Software Listing

There are currently 96 programs in 11 categories

New Additions:

Various:
GEO5 - Geotechnical suite: a package of programs for geotechnical problem solutions using both finite element and analytical methods.

Deep Foundations:
Piles (Fine) - This finite element method program provides calculation of the vertical and horizontal bearing capacity of single piles.

DRIVE - Pile Driving Analysis: a one-dimensional dynamics program which analyses stresses and displacements during pile driving.

ALP - Laterally Loaded Pile Analysis: analyses the soil structure interaction of a laterally loaded pile.

Retaining Walls:
Sheeting check (Fine) - Program allows you to analyze sheet piled structures employing the method of dependent pressures.

Underground Construction & Tunneling:
Ground Loss - The program is designed to analyze and determine shape of subsidence trough above excavations and to evaluate damage of buildings situated in the affected area.

Free Shallow Foundation Design:

GRETA - Gravity Retaining Walls: analyses the stability of a gravity retaining wall and determines the bending moments and shear forces within the wall.

STAWAL - Stability of Retaining Walls: used to check the stability of cantilever (Fixed Earth) or propped (Free Earth) retaining walls.

FREW - Flexible Earth Retaining Structures: analyses flexible retaining structures such as sheet pile or diaphragm walls.

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Geoengineering Forum & Bulletin Board

The Geoengineering Forum & Bulletin Boards were created to satisfy the need for free geo- information dissemination and communication.

Currently our users have posted a total of 338 articles.

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Geoengineer.org Photo Gallery

The Geoengineer.org Photo Gallery intends to become the largest online collection of photos in geoengineering worldwide. It currently includes 268 photos in 21 albums. You are invited to submit photos for inclusion in our gallery and win Geotechnical books as prices.

New additions:

Album: Hydraulic fill reclamation process

Album: Failures
Subalbum: Egnatia, near Ptolemaida
Subalbum: Egnatia H-way, Asprovalta
Subalbum: Rockslide in a highly tectonized limestone in Italy.

Album: Geotechnical Investigations
Subalbum: Shendi el matama Bridge, Sudan
Subalbum: Geotech Investigation for a high rise, Khartoum
Subalbum: Afra Khartoum Airport road geotech investigation
Subalbum: Sudan Pile new office in Khartoum.
Subalbum: Port of Beirut Geotechnical Investigation.

Album: Geosynthetics
Subalbum: Geogrid Applications


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